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id avi’ ry quPMuon, tor, in«u|in \x was flked in some othf*r lad’n name, obviously it might apply to their own.j Womrn show Amlfty*There were many father* And brothers in the reception crowds, but the majority of the attendance was femi-w u %% « ■ u * « w ■*t» *TTBlnnettaro was ttrrwud by Officer* Ko rene anti Tully and charged with driving a ear while intoxicated* Whenth^ officer* nrrlvrd Blnncitaro woe Bitting In the car and amusing himself by throwing bits of glass from the broken windshield Into the street.KHAKI-CLAD GIRL DELIVERS __SPECIAL-DELIVERY MESSAGESMins Irene Douglas, Biding High-Power Motorcycle, Enters Upon NewDuties at Local Postoffice With Enthusiasm of Veteran.ERB she is! Portiand'*» first special delivery messenger gtrl!Miss Irene Dougl«5 entered upon b^r new duties yr- t» rday a* special delivery girl for the Portland post-office. Clad in khaki bloomerettes—boggy and built for comTort—and tearing around mile* an hour on a high-powor motorcycle, she made quick work of delivering the dozens of special d«--I livery letters and packages Mbich came‘her way.1And she wasn't to be stopped cither. When ioi7iflt; onr bailed her and attempted to aek a f*w friendly que»-tions about when she started to work, how loner she had been manuKin? a motorcycle, why »be bad ftelecl«4 t.hl« particular job and a doxen and one other questions, she said:You ara Interfering; with lb** United States mall service I can't atop and talk, as I have a lot of letters which must be delivered/*Miss Doufctaa i* much intere.*:«d inher work and mean* buMn*vi»*, Sheflocsni »top to worry as to w hethrr her cap is ©a straight or If her nose isshiny or what some of the lens ambitious people think of her. She pulls her cap down, puts the machine in high gear, give# her the gas, in goes the clutch, and with a couple of baisK.i who in gone, Various sections of the r«-«5idence and bueinesx sections of the city were included in her rout* yesterday.nurlng the Winter Mis* Douglas taught school In Morrow County, going to and from school on her motorcycle. When it refused to operate she knew what the trouble w* and didn't lose much time in repairing: th*» )oaky valve or what happened to be wrong,Postmaster Myerr, eay» *he Is a '•whirlwind of a m«*henger.** Thin opinion was echoed by- the dozen* of people who saw her in action yeater-sag* ■ ~4~j^ v ■’_ w.^ince the first of tb* year the number of women employed a* mail clerks at the postoffice has increawed from 11 In 76, Three *irl* who drive a horse and curt through the business district and collect the mall are Miss Irene Campbell, F^eida Gmr»mtn ind Rremn Hutchins. In addition to these, 23 girls ate employed as maiicurt ieis.
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Portland Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Tue, Jul 30, 1918
Page 15
Full Page
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